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Fascism?

Here are presented a classical example of fascism (Nazi Germany) and a modern example of which there is still some dispute (Trumpism):

Aspect of fascism	Generic	Nazi Germany	Trumpism	Hinduta
Decline	Good old days	World War I, Great Depression, mythologizing the Roman Empire	Idealizing 1950s America	How everything was invented by ancient Indians, before the British and Mughals looted India
Humiliation		Treaty of Versailles	Lost Cause of the South	British India
Victimhood	Victim mentality	Stab-in-the-back legend	Trump's frequent claims of being treated unfairly despite living a life of privilege ("The Conservative Cult of Victimhood")	Modi's paranoia about Muslims and his life being under threat
Unity		Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, Axis powers	QAnon, Unite the Right, alt-right, Falun Gong via Epoch Times, Fundamentalist Christianity, Federalist Society	"Hindus are divided, Muslims are weak; RSS unites Hindus"
Energy		Nuremberg rallies	MAGA rallies	Rallies even during COVID
Purity	anti-immigration, antisemitism, ethnic cleansing, nationalism, racism	Eugenics, Kinder, Küche, Kirche	transphobia and public restrooms, American exceptionalism, white nationalism	Casteism, islamophobia
Mass-based party of committed nationalist militants		Sturmabteilung	militia movement, Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, Three Percenters	RSS, VHP
Uneasy but effective collaboration with traditional elites		German industrialists and elites	GOP	Ambani Adani (?)
Abandons democratic liberties	Opposition to the rule of law and human rights	Racial policy of Nazi Germany	bogus voter fraud claims in the 2020 U.S. presidential election, restricting voting rights, refusal to accept election results	Hiding data, controlling media
Pursues with redemptive violence without ethical or legal constraints goals of internal cleansing	coup d'état, genocide	Beer Hall Putsch, Night of the Long Knives, Kristallnacht, Holocaust	MAGA Bomber, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot	2002 Gujrat riots, Delhi riots
External expansion	Irredentism	Lebensraum	offer to purchase Greenland from Denmark against the wishes of the Inuit	Akhand Bharat